Mark Laporta
@marklaporta.bsky.social
New York-based composer and author.
www.youtube.com/@marklaporta_music
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Mark Laporta
@marklaporta.bsky.social
· Feb 12
New Sci-Fi by Mark Laporta: Infinity Afterglow, Episode One - Oblivioni
In Mark Laporta's expansive space opera, imperious humans have dominated interstellar civilization; but now their military, political and commercial empire faces opposition, both from sentient crustac...
oblivioni.org
oblivioni.org/2023/11/18/n...
Infinity Afterglow at Oblivioni.org
Book 3 of “Against the Glare of Darkness”
heartofesrthsxifi.com
Infinity Afterglow at Oblivioni.org
Book 3 of “Against the Glare of Darkness”
heartofesrthsxifi.com
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I recently came across some “new” waterfalls on Mount Tam. #waterfall #waterfalls #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #mmwd #marinwater #naturephotography #landscapephotography
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I recently came across some “new” waterfalls on Mount Tam. #waterfall #waterfalls #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #mmwd #marinwater #naturephotography #landscapephotography
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How much extra are you paying for health insurance now? Senate Republicans are doing nothing about your rising healthcare costs — while pretending they have a right to run Venezuela and extract their resources. Is that what you voted for?
Stay focused on what Republicans are taking away from you.
Stay focused on what Republicans are taking away from you.
January 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
How much extra are you paying for health insurance now? Senate Republicans are doing nothing about your rising healthcare costs — while pretending they have a right to run Venezuela and extract their resources. Is that what you voted for?
Stay focused on what Republicans are taking away from you.
Stay focused on what Republicans are taking away from you.
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Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
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Powerful and Heartbreaking
January 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Powerful and Heartbreaking
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Republicans are like if people just obey cops orders nothing will happen. If only Trump had obeyed the peaceful transfer of power, the country wouldn’t be in this mess
#Trump
#Trump
January 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Republicans are like if people just obey cops orders nothing will happen. If only Trump had obeyed the peaceful transfer of power, the country wouldn’t be in this mess
#Trump
#Trump
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The fact that Trump is on an international tear and attacking citizens in American cities and his base loves it proves this was never about improving the lives of his supporters. It’s about living out their hate, prejudice, and anger.
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The fact that Trump is on an international tear and attacking citizens in American cities and his base loves it proves this was never about improving the lives of his supporters. It’s about living out their hate, prejudice, and anger.
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A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me...."
-- Trump, asked if there are any constraints on his international power
-- Trump, asked if there are any constraints on his international power
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me...."
-- Trump, asked if there are any constraints on his international power
-- Trump, asked if there are any constraints on his international power
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Iran in turmoil, do you think this is spontaneous? More like US CIA involvement. The ugly Americans agitating in other countries politics. It’s even worse when they are attacking its on citizens.
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Iran in turmoil, do you think this is spontaneous? More like US CIA involvement. The ugly Americans agitating in other countries politics. It’s even worse when they are attacking its on citizens.
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Why is the DOJ and the FBI protecting “Bill Clinton” by redacting the Epstein Files?…..Oh.
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Why is the DOJ and the FBI protecting “Bill Clinton” by redacting the Epstein Files?…..Oh.
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I hope I'm not alienating any of my followers when I say that the Democratic Party is completely fucking useless as opposition.
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I hope I'm not alienating any of my followers when I say that the Democratic Party is completely fucking useless as opposition.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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"Perhaps the best part in Medvedev’s comments was the suggestion that the 'next twist' in American adventurism could be the abduction of Germany’s 'neo-Nazi' chancellor Friedrich Merz." The Russians are a bit confused, and at least that's fun.
The Venezuela Raid Has Russian Heads Spinning
The reaction from the Russian press has been amusingly muddled and self-contradictory.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"Perhaps the best part in Medvedev’s comments was the suggestion that the 'next twist' in American adventurism could be the abduction of Germany’s 'neo-Nazi' chancellor Friedrich Merz." The Russians are a bit confused, and at least that's fun.
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Yes, it is beyond insanity. Luckily, the American people aren’t buying it.
January 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Yes, it is beyond insanity. Luckily, the American people aren’t buying it.
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The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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@captmarkkelly.bsky.social, @schiff.senate.gov, @raskin.house.gov, @aoc.bsky.social, @crockett.house.gov, @repdangoldman.bsky.social, @crow.house.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @duckworth.senate.gov, & @slotkin.senate.gov.
Pls REMOVE enemy combatant dictator felon Donald Trump from the White House!
Pls REMOVE enemy combatant dictator felon Donald Trump from the White House!
January 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social, @schiff.senate.gov, @raskin.house.gov, @aoc.bsky.social, @crockett.house.gov, @repdangoldman.bsky.social, @crow.house.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @duckworth.senate.gov, & @slotkin.senate.gov.
Pls REMOVE enemy combatant dictator felon Donald Trump from the White House!
Pls REMOVE enemy combatant dictator felon Donald Trump from the White House!
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He was just making a joke about using military force to invade a sovereign ally.
Cmon people. It was funny. Lol.
Cmon people. It was funny. Lol.
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
He was just making a joke about using military force to invade a sovereign ally.
Cmon people. It was funny. Lol.
Cmon people. It was funny. Lol.
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Tensions continue to rise over President Trump's immigration crackdown, and a new video has deepened the debate over ICE's conduct.
https://to.pbs.org/4qM9EGn
https://to.pbs.org/4qM9EGn
New video of Minneapolis ICE shooting emerges as tensions rise across the nation
Tensions continue to rise over President Trump's immigration crackdown. On Thursday, federal agents shot and wounded two people in Portland. It came after the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis...
to.pbs.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tensions continue to rise over President Trump's immigration crackdown, and a new video has deepened the debate over ICE's conduct.
https://to.pbs.org/4qM9EGn
https://to.pbs.org/4qM9EGn
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
Ironically, I his moment of panic, he’d already emasculated himself. She probably also have symbolized every rejection he’d received from women over the years who weren’t impressed with his posturing.
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Ironically, I his moment of panic, he’d already emasculated himself. She probably also have symbolized every rejection he’d received from women over the years who weren’t impressed with his posturing.
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What a way to celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary
We Have the King That Thomas Paine Feared
The rule of law was central to the American experiment. Is it still?
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
What a way to celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM